On March 18th, a piece of news came as a bolt from the blue, as the Chinese Football Association (CFA) officially released a disciplinary announcement. Chongqing's foreign player Lescano and Heilongjiang's foreign player Dacier were found guilty of violating the rules after a violent incident. Lescano was disqualified for five matches and fined 50,000 RMB, while Dacier faced a four-match suspension and a 40,000 RMB fine.
Looking back at the match between Chongqing Tongliang Dragons and Heilongjiang Bingcheng in China's first division, a clash broke out. At the climax of the match, the two foreigners fell to the ground together in a scramble that escalated into a physical altercation. According to eyewitnesses, the two sides in the moment of the fall to the ground, pushing and shoving each other, the scene was chaotic. The referee ruled that the two men had behaved excessively and penalized them according to the rules of the game.
